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The incident, one of a series of apparent Saudi attacks on civilian targets in the Kingdom's war against Shiite Houthi rebels, prompted the White House to warn that USA aid was "not a blank check". The official said the review did not address whether Saudi strikes were unlawful, as rights and aid groups have alleged. "It's not a matter of how smart or dumb the bombs are, it's that they're not picking the right targets". (more...)

The federal charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and potential financial penalties. The newly filed federal complaint provides several new details of Welch's alleged activities leading up to the incident, including his cell phone calls and text messages. (more...)

John always had the right stuff , inspiring generations of scientists, engineers and astronauts who will take us to Mars and beyond-not just to visit, but to stay. In June, the Port Columbus airport was renamed the John Glenn Columbus International Airport in his honor. The "Hello, welcome back" that he received was one for a national hero, who had shown Americans that Americans didn't have to be stuck on this planet, and they no longer had to feel afraid of being left behind. (more...)

The Sunday statement from Prime Minister Binali Yildirim's office also ordered flags to fly at half-staff across the country and at Turkey's foreign missions. "Israel condemns all terrorism in Turkey and expects that Turkey will condemn all terrorist attacks in Israel", he said. An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack which killed at least 36 police officers and wounded 155 people. (more...)

Walid Assaf, the Palestinian minister responsible for monitoring Israeli settlements, has called the bill "the most unsafe law issued by Israel since 1967". Commenting on the efforts to spare Amona its impending eviction, Netanyahu said Sunday that the government is "working around the clock to find a responsible solution for the situation in Amona, and any other similar cases". (more...)

The status of Taiwan became an issue this weekend after President-elect Donald Trump broke with long-standing tradition and directly spoke with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, drawing an irritated response from China. The last week suggests that Trump wasn't joking when he pledged to make U.S. foreign policy more "unpredictable". "Succeeding a mostly upward U.S". (more...)

The new grades handed out Tuesday reflect that lack of action, with the number of schools receiving an A grade falling by half to eight this year. Members of the State Board of Education said some of the shift is connected to the new manner in which the accountability grades are calculated which rewards a school's growth as well as other career-readiness standards. (more...)

The wording can be adopted by the police, councils, universities and public bodies in order to "call out" anti-Semites, according to the British Prime Minister, Theresa May - although it is not legally binding. "With anti-Semitism on the rise, it has become essential to have a clear definition against which to assess attitudes that are or may be racist", he said in a statement. (more...)

Mr Sisi said the attack caused "pain to all Egyptians". The Christian minority in Egypt has frequently been targeted by Islamist militants. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but on Monday the interior ministry accused fugitive Muslim Brotherhood leaders, who have fled to Qatar , of training and financing the perpetrators. (more...)

Not only does the Central Intelligence Agency believe there was interference, with knowledge of this interference at the highest reaches of the Kremlin, but the Central Intelligence Agency believes Russia's goal was to push President-elect Donald Trump to the forefront and sideline former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton . (more...)

Choo Mi-ae, head of the main opposition Democratic Party, said the passage marks a victory for the people, urging the Constitutional Court to promptly deliver a conclusion on its review. Success is widely expected amid a corruption scandal that has left her isolated and loathed. There have been warnings that failure to uphold the impeachment vote would be a betrayal of the South Korean people and could lead to civil unrest. (more...)

One of the officials with rebel groups said: "They sent us a letter, they are saying to safeguard the civilians. you can leave in an honourable way to any place you choose and the Russians will pledge publicly that nobody will be harmed or stopped". (more...)

Mr. Gandhi accused Mr Modi of the shifting goalposts since November 8 when the government demonetised the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes. There's no doubt that the Congress has an eye on the main chance, sensing the growing restiveness among the people. (more...)

State prosecutors accuse Park of helping a close confidante extort money and favours from the country's largest companies and manipulate state affairs. Some legal experts say the court might need more than a couple of months to decide. In 2004, President Roh Moo-hyun was impeached but the Constitutional Court overturned the decision. (more...)

Those efforts came to an end in Michigan on Friday when the Michigan Supreme Court refused to review an appeal of a lower court order barring a recount. "And we'll be talking with Detroit staff as well going forward". "It just simply would not have changed the result", Woodhams said of the recount. "I would view this very positively - the fact that we counted". (more...)

There were also multiple travel brochures, a cellphone, laptop computer and a burned American flag. In the document, Roof reportedly wrote when a person of color does anything of importance, that individual is identified as a black person. (more...)

Soviet troops seized the southernmost islands in an archipelago off the northeast coast of Hokkaido just after Japan surrendered. But Putin, who arrives in Japan on Thursday, said that Moscow was happy with the status quo. "How are we going to further economic relations.at a higher level under the sanctions regime?" Russian Federation and Japan should expand economic ties to build "trust" for resolving their long-running territorial dispute, President Vladimir Putin told Japanese media, in ... (more...)

Thousands queued in snaking lines to walk past a portrait of a young Fidel dressed in military fatigues, with a rifle and pack slung over his back. Many Cuban exiles were separated from family forever. "I still respect it, but this is a very different thing". "I came to pay homage to our father, friend, commander", Meireles said in a hushed voice. A nine-story portrait of a young Fidel Castro has joined the towering images of fallen guerrillas overlooking Havana's Plaza of the ... (more...)

Prosecutors say Roof targeted the historic church because he wanted to start a race war. Roof is on trial on 33 federal counts, including hate crimes, in the June 2015 shootings of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church. (more...)

This photograph taken Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 shows part of the encampment that has endured a prairie blizzard and subzero temperatures in the past week. Army Corps battle in court over permission to cross under the Missouri River. "Although we have had continuing discussion and exchanges of new information with the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it's clear that there's more work to do", the Army's Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said in a December 4 statement ... (more...)